JASON Statham and Clive Owen start filming their big budget flick, The Killer Elite, in Melbourne today, but is an even bigger Hollywood name set to join them?

Swoonworthy Owen and hardman Statham were yesterday seen out for lunch at trendy St Kilda restaurant Riva, with the action adventure movie’s producer Steve Chasmam.

Hot local names Yvonne Strahovski of I Love You Too and Cleo Bachelor of the Year and Underbelly star Firass Dirani were this week revealed as part of the star- studded cast, alongside Prison Break’s Dominic Purcell.

Clive Owen will star in the action thriller Medallion based on a screenplay by in-demand writer David Guggenheim.

Lisa Wilson of GK Films affiliate Parlay Films is commencing sales here on the story of a bank robber fresh out of prison who has six hours to pay a $50m ransom after he learns a former accomplice has kidnapped his daughter and stashed her in the boot of one of Manhattan’s 12,000 yellow cabs.